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Laurent Garnier : biography

1 February 1966 –

Laurent Garnier (also known as Choice), (born 1 February 1966, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France) is a French techno music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJ-ing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span deep house, Detroit techno, trance and jazz. He added production work to his schedule in the early 1990s, and recorded several albums.

Early influences

During the late 1970s, Garnier discovered clubbing with his brother in Paris, where his family lived. He loved disco but also listened to all other contemporary musical genres including reggae, funk, and punk. At the age of 16, Garnier had started recording and mixing music on tape recorders.

In 1984, Garnier started working as a waiter for the French Embassy in London.Johnson, Miles (2007) "", The List, Issue 591, 29 November 2007, retrieved 2012-03-16 He stayed there for a year and a half before moving to Manchester in 1986. Living in England he discovered the booming UK house scene and started DJing.

Selected discography

Albums

  • Shot in the Dark (1994), F Communications
  • Raw Works (US only compilation) (1996), Never Recordings
  • 30 (1997), F Communications/PIAS France
  • Unreasonable Behaviour (2000), F Communications
  • Early Works (compilation) (1998), Arcade
  • The Cloud Making Machine (2005), F Communications/PIAS
  • Retrospective 1994 – 2006 (compilation) (2006), F Communications/PIAS (wit Håkon Kornstad)
  • Public Outburst (live album) (2007)
  • Tales of a Kleptomaniac (2009), PIAS

Singles and EPs

With Ed Banger Records

  • "Timeless EP" -2012

With FNAC Music Dance Division

  • "French Connection" (with Mix Master Doody) – ‘as French Connection’ (1991)
  • Stronger By Design EP (1992)
  • "Join Hands" (remixes) – (1992)
  • Paris EP – 1993 – as ‘Choice’ (also published by Fragile Records)
  • A Bout de Souffle EP – (1993) (also published by Warp Records)
  • "For House Music Lovers" – 1993
  • "Lost in Alaska" – ‘as Alaska’ – 1993
  • Planet House EP – 1993

With F Communications

  • Dune (with Pascal Feos) – Alliance EP – 1994
  • "Astral Dreams" – 1994
  • Alaska – Deuxième EP – 1995
  • Club Traxx EP – 1995
  • "The Hoe" – 1996
  • "Crispy Bacon Part 1" – 1997 – UK #60
  • "Crispy Bacon Part 2" – 1997
  • "Flashback" – 1997
  • "Coloured City" – 1998
  • Club Traxx EP Vol 2 – 1998
  • "The Sound of the Big Babou" – 1999
  • "The Man with the Red Face" – 2000 – UK #65
  • "Greed" / "The Man with the Red Face" – 2000 – UK #36
  • "Sambou" – 2002
  • "Returning Back to Sirius" – ‘as Alaska’ – 2003
  • Marl Chingus (with Ludovic Llorca) – "6 Months Earlier" – 2004
  • "The Cloud Making Machine" (reworks vol 1 & 2) – 2005

With Innervisions

  • Back to mMy Roots EP – 2008

DVDs

  • Greed – DVD single – F Communications, Film Office, TDK Mediactive – 2001
  • Live à l’Elysée Montmartre – F communications – 2002

Compilations and DJ sessions

  • X-Mix – Destination Planet Dream (Studio !K7 – 1994)
  • Mixmag Live Vol. 19 (1995)
  • Laboratoire Mix (2xCD, React, 1996)
  • Early Works (2xCD, 1998)
  • Fashion TV: Spring – Summer 2001 Collection
  • Classic And Rare : La Collection Chapter 3 (F Communications, 2002)
  • Excess Luggage (3xCD, F Communications, 2003)
  • The Kings Of Techno (Rapster Records, 2006)
  • Mixmag 25 Years Anniversary (2008)